Our new priorty!friendship (mental and emotional well-being)

‘Health Promoting Schools Yellow Flag’ awarded to Scoil San Nioclás

We are working towards our next HPS flag which will be awarded at the end of the school year 2017. We carried our research in the form of parents, pupils and staff questionnaires to determine what we would like to address in our school as a health issue. We then decided on Friendship placing much emphasis and focus on mental health and well-being.Our HPS team consists of:Co-ordinator: Mrs TraynorTeacher: Mrs StanleyParents: Kate Watters, Jill BradyPupils: Elizabeth Duff, Connell Carney, Tadhg Clerkin, Andrew Wogan, Amy Clinton

Scoil San Nioclás has been awarded the HSE ‘Health Promoting Schools Yellow Flag'. The flag now flies outside shows that the HSE has formally recognised the school as a Health Promoting School. The HSE ‘Health Promoting Schools Yellow Flag’ is presented to schools that have been successful in completing the new national ‘Schools for Health in Ireland’ programme. The progamme helps children develop a framework of values, attitudes, understanding and skills that will inform their actions and decisions in all areas of their lives.

The ‘Health Promoting Schools Committee’ set up to oversee the development of the programme was led by Mrs Traynor,, parents’ representative Isobel, a number of pupils from the school and HSE Senior Health Promotion Officer, Monica McCrory. During the three years of our involvement in the programme we have embarked on a wide variety of health promoting activities, including the development of a Healthy Eating Policy, Oral Health Awareness, Physical activity awareness, Anti-bullying week and Friendship week. The process was enjoyable and beneficial to all and we are very proud to be a ‘Health Promoting School’

Friendship Week 2014

What a fantastic week we had celebrating Friendship! Everyday between breaks we had stations which were made up of team-based activities. Activities included the welly toss, fill the basin, ball work, parachute games and polydron activities. All the children worked together and it was fantastic to see! Senior classes also took part in an Anti-bullying workshop- thanks to Melissa from the ISPCC who ran this. Well done to Miss Shortt for organising a fantastic week. Have a look at some of our photos...